Scoil Chronain
Ráth Cúil · Roll number 19503H
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 354
- −27 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +10%
- Up 32 from 322 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 157 / 197
- 44% girls
Pupils since 1975
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
354 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 59 | 55 | 40 | 50 | 41 | 36 | 46.8 |
| Senior Infants | 61 | 55 | 54 | 40 | 49 | 39 | 49.7 |
| 1st Class | 46 | 60 | 55 | 53 | 40 | 48 | 50.3 |
| 2nd Class | 60 | 42 | 58 | 52 | 52 | 40 | 50.7 |
| 3rd Class | 54 | 55 | 40 | 57 | 51 | 53 | 51.7 |
| 4th Class | 48 | 50 | 54 | 40 | 54 | 50 | 49.3 |
| 5th Class | 51 | 45 | 49 | 54 | 38 | 51 | 48.0 |
| 6th Class | 35 | 51 | 43 | 50 | 56 | 37 | 45.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
41 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 39 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 41Junior Infants2024/25
- 39Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
50 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 48 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 50Junior Infants2023/24
- 49Senior Infants2024/25
- 481st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
40 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 40 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 40Junior Infants2022/23
- 40Senior Infants2023/24
- 401st Class2024/25
- 402nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
55 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 53 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 55Junior Infants2021/22
- 54Senior Infants2022/23
- 531st Class2023/24
- 522nd Class2024/25
- 533rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
59 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 50 in 4th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils fewer.
- 59Junior Infants2020/21
- 55Senior Infants2021/22
- 551st Class2022/23
- 522nd Class2023/24
- 513rd Class2024/25
- 504th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
61 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 51 in 5th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils fewer.
- 61Senior Infants2020/21
- 601st Class2021/22
- 582nd Class2022/23
- 573rd Class2023/24
- 544th Class2024/25
- 515th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
46 in 1st Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils fewer.
- 461st Class2020/21
- 422nd Class2021/22
- 403rd Class2022/23
- 404th Class2023/24
- 385th Class2024/25
- 376th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
60 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils fewer.
- 602nd Class2020/21
- 553rd Class2021/22
- 544th Class2022/23
- 545th Class2023/24
- 566th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
54 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils fewer.
- 543rd Class2020/21
- 504th Class2021/22
- 495th Class2022/23
- 506th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
48 in 4th Class (2020/21), 43 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils fewer.
- 484th Class2020/21
- 455th Class2021/22
- 436th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
51 in 5th Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 515th Class2020/21
- 516th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +173rd Class in 2023/24 (40 to 57)
- −196th Class in 2025/26 (56 to 37)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Scoil Chronain, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
23.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 23 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers135 hours of support teaching a week 5.4
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
7.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.1 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 7.66 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to Scoil Chronain, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil ChronainThis school | – | 354 |
+9.9%
|
|
| 1 | Holy Family National School0.6 km · Rathcoole | 0.6 km | 671 |
+6.8%
|
| 2 | S N Naomh Mhuire1.7 km · Saggart | 1.7 km | 666 |
+7.2%
|
| 3 | Rathcoole ETNS1.9 km · Newcastle · Multi-denominational | 1.9 km | 114 | – |
| 4 | Citywest & Saggart Community National School2.0 km · Dublin 24 · Multi-denominational | 2.0 km | 413 |
+90.3%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil Lir2.0 km · Dublin 24 · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 2.0 km | 53 | – |
| 6 | City West Educate Together National School2.4 km · Dublin 24 · Multi-denominational | 2.4 km | 376 |
+83.4%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Róisín Ní Shéaghdha
- Phone
- 014588889
- [email protected]
- Address
- An tSráid Mhór, Ráth Cúil, Co. Átha Cliath, D24 YW81
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Newcastle–Rathcoole
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
42 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 354 | 157 | 197 | 36 | 39 | 48 | 40 | 53 | 50 | 51 | 37 |
| 2024/25 | 381 | 175 | 206 | 41 | 49 | 40 | 52 | 51 | 54 | 38 | 56 |
| 2023/24 | 396 | 182 | 214 | 50 | 40 | 53 | 52 | 57 | 40 | 54 | 50 |
| 2022/23 | 393 | 181 | 212 | 40 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 40 | 54 | 49 | 43 |
| 2021/22 | 413 | 193 | 220 | 55 | 55 | 60 | 42 | 55 | 50 | 45 | 51 |
| 2020/21 | 414 | 210 | 204 | 59 | 61 | 46 | 60 | 54 | 48 | 51 | 35 |
| 2019/20 | 409 | 202 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 379 | 186 | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 356 | 175 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 347 | 169 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 322 | 157 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 295 | 138 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 268 | 129 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 259 | 121 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 252 | 116 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 259 | 120 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 257 | 119 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 227 | 111 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 227 | 112 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 221 | 112 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 236 | 110 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 248 | 114 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 249 | 119 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 263 | 124 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 262 | 128 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 265 | 130 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 271 | 131 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 274 | 132 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 270 | 133 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 281 | 134 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 275 | 126 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 282 | 131 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 279 | 137 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 316 | 164 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 327 | 168 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 336 | 163 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 305 | 147 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 277 | 134 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 230 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 190 | 83 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 125 | 53 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |